That’s it — we’re done. No more dress code. No more worrying about cell phones. No more tests, quizzes, or homework (from me, anyway). No more Articles of the Week (from me, anyway). No more inference practice or insanely hard writing projects. It’s all done. You are middle-schoolers no longer.

Today, we had awards day. And that’s it.

Good luck to all you freshly-minted ninth-grade students — you’ll do great, I know!